T_Clark

I have wondered whether how we take this is a matter of temperament, something we're born with, rather than anything learned.

I can't speak for you, but I am one of the most fortunate people in the history of the world. That hits me every day, with most things I do. If I can'...

I resist philosophical labels, but I've come to the conclusion that I probably am a pragmatist. I have a strong resistance to philosophical issues tha...

I'll spend some time with your referenced text. Then I'll come back later and demonstrate more of my mathematical ignorance. Thanks.

I think you're exactly right. That was the point of my post. It's not that I think they're wrong and I'm right. I just don't get it. I'm hoping someon...

I think you're making is sound more complicated than it really is. We don't need to reach enlightenment to feel the way I've described. We don't need ...

All of the various self-reference paradoxes have always seemed trivial to me, e.g. "This sentence is false." Who cares? Russell's paradox seems just t...

I think you referred to this previously - what about those of us who find the world wonderful and who enjoy the company of our fellow humans. Who aren...

This is the story I was referring to in my previous post. Your explanations are always better than mine.

I have thought that one of the reasons we need God is so we have someone to be grateful to.

It's a great story, and very well presented. It reminds me of something I read. I think it was in Alan Watts - God was all alone in the world. Lonely....

Less famous movies Citizen Kane 2 – 3D The Good, the Bad, and Luigi – one of Sergio Leone’s first spaghetti westerns. Less successful than some of his...

I don't understand why you would ridicule vulnerable people. It is unbecoming.

It is unkind to mock vulnerable people.

You and your damned reasonableness. Would you please stop it!!! I've been in quite a few exchanges like this one, both as a participant and a bystande...

So, you think those wars for freedom were fought to protect your liberty and not those you disagree with. I don't think you and I are going to get any...

It isn't necessary for valid speech to be actively censored in order for it to be attacked. Threats, intimidation, insults, dismissal, and bullying ca...

If you're saying that because others restrict speech we think is valid, we should do the same, I disagree.

Your post makes a good case against the kind of self-righteous suppression of speech we sometimes see here on the forum. I appreciate that.

That's pretty much the argument used whenever speech is censored by those in power. Facism and racism - or communism, Marxism, socialism, sexism, tran...

Actually, the Jimmy Neutron purple flurp was plagiarized. The one I was referring to came from Cracker Jack commercials in the 60s.

I was not familiar with this term. I will store it in my library for future use. Thanks.

This is a well-written and thought through post. It's a good idea for a discussion. On the other hand, I have beaten my ideas on metaphysics to pulp i...

The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville.

Do you agree that the scientific method is made up of the rules by which science is practiced? Do you agree that the provisions of the scientific meth...

Just to clarify, when you say "narration" I assume you mean speaking actual words to ourselves in our minds. You don't mean just our temperament, atti...

As I indicated, the scientific method is metaphysics. It establishes the rules by which science is performed. Science is the systematic study of the w...

I'm not going to justify my statements further. I'm also not going to retract them. Again, I haven't accused anyone of using racist language. "Racist"...

I was wondering about that. I guess the title was changed without my knowledge. I think the original language was "Is this racial language acceptable....

I've had my say about that in my previous responses to your posts.

As I noted. I have not accused anyone of racism. All my comments are about the text. I didn't even call it racist. I just asked if it was acceptable a...

I don't understand what this has to do with this thread.

This answer makes sense to me, although I don't agree. This is the question I was trying to get at. I think there are two questions here 1) Do differe...

I don't understand. What difference does it make whether it refers to all white people or just some? It definitely doesn't refer to me. I'm a northern...

For the record, I didn't call the poster a racist. He's not. I like and respect him and he and I agree on a lot. I didn't say anything about him. I on...

I think I've set up this discussion in a clear and fair way. If, as a moderator, you disagree, and if you think that the thread is unacceptable, I am ...

Of course I do, or, when you say "you have no right" do you mean that as a moderator you won't allow? If so, just stop the thread now. As I said, I pl...

Yes, that's what the poster claimed. As I noted, I think that is disingenuous. Rather than arguing about that I'll just ask - if I text were about whi...

As I said, in my understanding metaphysical statements cannot be true or false. They are useful or not useful in a particular situation. Here are a li...

I've spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the differences between science and metaphysics. I think it's an important distinction that is som...

It's not funny at all. @"thewonder" is clearly troubled. You pissing on him when he's down is infuriating.

The relationship between science and mathematics is one that perplexes me. This is an interesting quote. It has set me thinking.

It's the other way around - metaphysics plays a role in science. It sets the ground rules. The scientific method is metaphysics. The Principle of Rela...

Stop being such shitheads.

Yes. Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!

This is exactly right - the universe is ultimately radically unintelligible and without explanation. I'm cool with that.

This whole idea has been around for a long time. I didn't come up with it. The idea of God changing our memories has always been part of it. Whatever ...

Or a bowl of Frosted Flakes. Or Silvester Stallone's back pocket. Or Kankakee Illinois.

Whether or not something exists outside our local space-time continuum, everything I've said about the Principle of Relativity relates this one here. ...

From the point of view of the Principle of Relativity, the universe we are talking about is the expanding space in which we live. It was created, acco...